Meeting of 29 March 2014

Phew! The meeting actually happened, with a lot of to-ing and fro-ing.  Early(!) on Saturday morning, three of us met at the Roskill Coffee Project to sample the wares (yummy-plus), enjoy great service and to discuss books.

Roskill Coffee Project - we will be back.

And what did we discuss...

A Meg title by Holly Beth Walker - one of the 6 Meg titles written, chosen at random from Kat's childhood collection.  Published in the late 1970s these wholesome American books were a great read, exciting in the same terms as the Enid Blyton Famous Five.

Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo (winner of 2014 Newbery Medal) 

Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.

Stand Tall by Joan Bauer  

Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school. (A very popular choice!)